- About MCS
MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools, and in 2024 was awarded Independent School of the Year for our contribution to social mobility. - Admissions
Approximately 1 in 10 pupils receive a bursary or scholarship. We are committed to ensuring an MCS education is open to the brightest pupils, no matter their personal circumstances.
- Junior School
“The Junior School is a very busy and happy school and here, a smile goes a long way.”
MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools, and in 2024 was awarded Independent School of the Year for our contribution to social mobility.
- Senior School
28 of our pupils achieved 10 or more 8 or 9 grades in 2024. - Sixth Form
Over 25% of our Sixth Form pupils take up places at Oxford and Cambridge every year.
- Supporting MCS
In 2023-24, MCS received over £448,000 in donated funds.
28 of our pupils achieved 10 or more 8 or 9 grades in 2024.
In 2023-24, MCS received over £448,000 in donated funds.- About MCS
MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools, and in 2024 was awarded Independent School of the Year for our contribution to social mobility.
- Admissions
Approximately 1 in 10 pupils receive a bursary or scholarship. We are committed to ensuring an MCS education is open to the brightest pupils, no matter their personal circumstances.
- Junior School
“The Junior School is a very busy and happy school and here, a smile goes a long way.”
- Senior School
28 of our pupils achieved 10 or more 8 or 9 grades in 2024.
- Sixth Form
Over 25% of our Sixth Form pupils take up places at Oxford and Cambridge every year.
- Supporting MCS
In 2023-24, MCS received over £448,000 in donated funds.
On Friday 24 June – Founders Day – MCS pupils and staff are walking 14.80 km to raise money in support of Mustardseed School, our partner school in Uganda.
The challenging four-to-five-hour route will take our walkers through Port Meadow, Wolvercote, University Parks and Magdalen College grounds before returning to School Field at approximately 3.15 pm.
At 22 months, Covid-19-related school closures in Uganda were among some of the longest in the world. And while almost all young children are now behind in their learning, Mustardseed School is attempting to make up for lost time.
“Having finally opened on 10 January 2022, we are now in full gear with 80 little learners, aged from 2 to 10, across six year groups, and it looks likely we’ll be welcoming twice that number next year”, writes Jessica Napier, Educational Advisor at the school.
We are now in full gear with 80 little learners, aged from 2 to 10, across six year groups
Jessica Napier, Educational Advisor at Mustardseed School
“Some highlights so far include the children learning to live in harmony with the astonishing richness of animal and plant life in their environment, local traditional dance and drumming lessons, and the children’s reading ability improving by leaps and bounds”.
“We have also started a health-monitoring programme for all the children, with full annual medical examinations to assess their nutritional status and to look for signs of underlying illness, disease or growth deficiency”.
Jessica Napier with Kenneth Buwule, Headteacher, Mustardseed School.
Mustardseed’s mission is to provide an inspirational and practical education for young people in Sentema, Uganda. On Founders Day 2022, donations will be directed primarily towards bursaries for local children who would otherwise be unable to benefit from attending the school.
Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of OW Sir Vernon Ellis (1966), if each MCS pupil were to raise just £35, we could send more than 100 children to Mustardseed for an entire year.
If you would like to make a gift to Mustardseed School, please visit our JustGiving page for more information and to donate.
Thank you for your support.
